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Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen stops 22 shots to blank Panthers in 6 0 win

Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist, and goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped 22 shots to power the Atlanta Thrashers to a 6-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

Slava Kozlov added a goal and two assists for the Thrashers, who lost a 3-2 shootout to Tampa Bay in their season opener on Thursday night. Lehtonen, in his second season, earned his fourth career shutout.

Atlanta opened the scoring on a goal by Jon Sim only 6:54 into the game, beating Florida goalie Ed Belfour on a 30-foot blast from the right circle. Bobby Holik made it 2-0 on short-handed goal when he put a shot between Belfour's legs at the 13:39 mark.

Hossa and Kozlov then took over the scoring in the second period.

Kozlov scored front up close on a perfect pass from Hossa only 1:33 into the period. Hossa then made it 4-0 on a power play at 6:45 when he tipped in a nice pass from Ilya Kovalchuk in front of the net.

Panthers coach Jacques Martin replaced Belfour with Alex Auld, who was in goal for Florida's 8-3 season-opening victory over Boston on Friday night. Belfour had only five saves against the Thrashers, missing both shots in the second period before being lifted.

Hossa then added his third goal of the season and second of the night on another power play with a wraparound goal, sneaking it past Auld at 14:27.

Andy Sutton scored 5:44 into the third period to give the Thrashers a 6-0 lead.

Lehtonen, limited by injuries to only 39 games last season as a rookie, made his toughest save with an outstanding stop on a shot from Todd Bertuzzi at point-blank range in the opening period. He's 6-1 against Florida with two shutouts.

Atlanta, which led the league with 58 power-play goals last season, had two against Florida.

Notes: Hossa has five points in two games. ... The Thrashers reassigned goaltender Fred Braithwaite to their Chicago farm club of the American Hockey League prior to the game. ... The Thrashers, who matched a team-low 11 shots on goal in their opener, had 14 shots in the second period alone and finished with 34.




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